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Holden, Oliver

composer, tunebook compiler, carpenter, book seller, music educator


born: 18 Sep 1765 Shirley, Massachusetts / state, USA Source: 1  

born: - Charlestown, Massachusetts / state, USA Source: 2  

died: 04 Sep 1844 Charlestown, Massachusetts / state, USA Source: 1  
died: ------- 1831 Charlestown, Massachusetts / state, USA Source: 3  

active: Massachusetts / state, USA  

The Music Sack has 44 items with information about Oliver Holden:


 1994

Music, David W.
Richardson, Paul A.
Eskew, Harry
Singing baptists : studies in baptist hymnody in America
Harry Eskew, David W. Music, Paul A. Richardson
Nashville, Tennessee: Church Street Press, 1994, 224 p.

Number of People : 9

More Details : (1 Section)


 1993

Young, Carlton R.
Companion to the United Methodist hymnal
Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1993, 940 p.

Number of People : 691


 1988

Devenney, David P.
Early American choral music : an annotated guide
By David P. DeVenney
Berkeley, California: Fallen Leaf Press, 1988, 149 p.

Number of People : 32


 1986

Sadie, Stanley
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
The new Grove dictionary of American music
edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie
New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. 4 v.

Number of People : 3,993


 1986

The hymnodists

The above item is part of :
Rogal, Samuel J.
Guide to hymn tunes of American methodism
Compiled by Samuel J. Rogal
New York: Greenwood Press, 1986
      (Series: Music Reference Collection; 7)

Number of People : 668


 1986

Composers and arrangers

The above item is part of :
Rogal, Samuel J.
Guide to hymn tunes of American methodism
Compiled by Samuel J. Rogal
New York: Greenwood Press, 1986
      (Series: Music Reference Collection; 7)

Number of People : 478


 1985

Index

p. 1169-1193 In:
Music in colonial Massachusetts 1630-1820 II : music in homes and in churches
Conference held by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, May 17 and 18, 1973
Boston: Colonial Society of Massachusetts., 1985, 2 v.

Number of People : 1,134


 1984

Butterworth, Neil
A dictionary of American composers
New York: Garland, 1984

Number of People : 525


 1981

Gleason, Harold
Early American music : music in America from 1620 to 1920
Bloomington, Indiana: Frangipani Press, 1981
      (Series: Music Literature Outlines: Series III)

Number of People : 129


 1980 Source: 1

Sadie, Stanley
The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
London: Macmillan, 1980

Number of People : 20,506


 1980

Oliver Holden
The First Baptist Composer in America.
Quarterly Review: A Survey of Southern Baptist Progress (October-December 1980).

Number of People : 1


 1979

Robijns, Jozef
Zijlstra, Miep
Algemene muziek enciclopedie
hoofdred., J. Robijns en Miep Zijlstra
Haarlem: De Haan, [1979]-1984

Number of People : 16,262


 1974

Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Biographical dictionary of American music
West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1974, 491 p.

Number of People : 3,156


 1971

Cornwall, J. Spencer
Stories of our Mormon hymns
Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1971, 304 p.

Number of People : 265


 1970

Biographical sketches

p. 293 In:
Hixon, D.L.
Music in early America
A bibliography of music in Evans
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1970, 607 p.

Number of People : 177


 1966

Daniel, Ralph T.
The anthem in New England before 1800
Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1966

Number of People : 30


 1963

McCormick, David W.
Oliver Holden, Composer and Anthologist.
Union Theological Seminary (New York). 1963. S.M.D. dissertation. 501p.
  - Dissertation Abstracts International: 24/5 (November 1963): 2072
  - Microfilm: 63-7551

Number of People : 1


 1963

McCormick, David W.
Olver Holden, 1765-1844
Hymn, 14/3, 1963, p. 69-77, 79

Number of People : 1


 1963

McCormick, David W.
Oliver Holden, 1765-1844.
Hymn 14/3 (July 1963): 69-77, 79.

Number of People : 1


 1962

Wunderlich, Charles Edward
A history and bibliography of early American musical periodicals, 1782-1852
By Charles Edward Wunderlich
1962, 783 p.
       Note: A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the University of Michigan

Number of People : 1,087


 1958

Polack, William Gustave
The handbook to the Lutheran hymnal
Third and revised edition
By W.G. Pollack, Concordia Seminary, Saint Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri: Concordia Pub. House, 1958, 679 p.

Number of People : 524


 1954

Lyons, James
Howard, John Tasker
Our American music : three hundred years of it
Third edition, revised and reset.
With supplementary chapters by James Lyons
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1954, 841 p.

Number of People : 649

More Details : (1 Section)


 1952

Haeussler, Armin
The story of our hymns
The handbook to the hymnal of the evangelical and reformed church
St. Louis, Missouri: Eden Publishing House, 1952, 1088 p.

Number of People : 575


 1941

Bio-bibliographical index of musicians in the United States of America since colonial times
Prepared by the District of Columbia Historical Records Survey Division of Community Service Programs Works project Administration
Washington, DC: 1941, 439 p.

Number of People : 10,576


 1940

Andreis, Josip
Zlatic, Slavko
MacDougall, Hamilton C.
Kunc, Karla (translator)
Early New England psalmody.
An historical appreciation 1620-1820
By Hamilton C. MacDougall, Doctor of Music, Brown University ...
Brattleboro: Stephen Daye Press, [c1940]

Number of People : 18


 1940

Baker, Theodore
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
Fourth edition revised and enlarged
New York: G. Schirmer, 1940

Number of People : 6,835


 1935

Ellinwood, Leonard Webster
The history of American church music
New York: Morehouse-Gorham, 1935, 274 p.

Number of People : 122


 1933

Fisher, William Arms
One hundred and fifty years of music publishing in the United States.
An historical sketch with special reference to the pioneer publisher
Oliver Ditson Company, Inc. : 1783-1933
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, Inc., 1933

Number of People : 141


 1925

Metcalf, Frank Johnson
American writers and compilers of sacred music
New York: Russell & Russell, 1925, 373 p.

Number of People : 89


 1920

Boyd, Charles N.
Pratt, Waldo Selden
Grove's dictionary of music and musicians. American supplement ...
Edited by Waldo S. Pratt. Associate editor: Charles N. Boyd.
New York: 1920

Number of People : 1,335


 1919

Remy, Alfred
Baker, Theodore
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
Third edition
Revised and enlarged by Alfred Remy, M.A.
New York: G. Schirmer, 1919, 1094 p.

Number of People : 7,067


 1911

Baltzell, Winton J.
Baltzell's dictionary of musicians ...
Boston, MA: 1911

Number of People : 748


 1909

Herringshaw, Thomas W.
Herringshaw's national library of American biography, etc ...
Chicago: 1909-14, 5 vols.

Number of People : 683


 1907

Julian, John
A dictionary of hymnology : setting forth the origin and history of Christian hymns of all ages and nations
Revised edition, with new supplement
Edited by John Julian, D.D., Vicar of Topcliffe, Yorkshire; ...
London: John Murray, 1907

Number of People : 1,542

More Details : (3 Sections)


 1900

Baker, Theodore
Biographical dictionary of musicians
Compiled and edited by Theodore Baker, Ph.D.
New York: G. Schirmer, 1900, 653 p.

Number of People : 5,682

More Details : (1 Section)


 1898

The national cyclopaedia of American biography being the history of the United States ...
New York: 1898, 92-1947, 34 vols. Note
       Note: Vol. 1-13. 1898, 93-1909 only

Number of People : 248


 1897

Brown, Abram E.
Oliver Holden, the Composer of "Coronation"
New England Magazine 16 (1897): 708-19.

Number of People : 1


 1897

Brown, Abram E.
Oliver Holden, the composer of "Coronation"
New England Magazine, 16, 1897, p. 708-19

Number of People : 1


 1888

Burrage, Henry S.
Baptist hymn writers and their hymns
By Henry S. Burrage, D.D. author of "A history of the Anabaptists of Switzerland," etc
Portland, Maine: Brown, Thurston & Co., 1888

Number of People : 319

More Details : (1 Section)


 1888

Fiske, John
Wilson, James Grant
Appletons' cyclopaedia of American biography ...
Edited by James Grant Wilson and John a Fiske.
New York: 1888, 87, 6 vols.

Number of People : 207


 1886 Source: 2

Jones, F.O.
A handbook of American music and musicians
Containing biographies of American musicians. And histories of the principal musical institutions, firms and societies.
Canaseraga, NY: 1886, 182 p.

Number of People : 309


 1886 Source: 3

Brown, James Duff
Biographical dictionary of musicians.
With a bibliography of English writings on music
Paisley, Scotland: A. Gardner, 1886, 637 p.

Number of People : 4,300


 1870

Drake, Francis S.
Dictionary of American biography including man of the time ... and a supplement ...
Boston: 1870

Number of People : 64


 1839

New England Singing Masters.
Musical Review 1/28 (2 March 1839): 387-388.
       Note: Interesting for its candid commentary

Number of People : 3


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